{"id":551,"date":"2010-10-06T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?551"},"modified":"2010-10-06T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T17:05:47","slug":"5-a-side-tournament-to-support-armed-forces-raises-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/5-a-side-tournament-to-support-armed-forces-raises-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"5-a-side tournament to support armed forces raises \u00a35k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Coventry company that organised a five-a-side football tournament has raised over &pound;5,000 that will be used to support soldiers who have returned from the front line.<\/p>\n<p>Meggitt Dunlop set up the event to generate cash for Help for Heroes, a charity that provides assistance to armed forces personnel who have been wounded while serving their country, the Coventry Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 players took part, including 70 staff from the company &ndash; which manufactures aircraft braking systems &ndash; along with personnel from Rolls-Royce, Morson Projects and Jaguar Sports and Social Club, which hosted the matches.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We've had everyone playing from shop floor personnel up to the managing director,&quot; organiser Madhan Lal Jassal was quoted by the news source as saying, adding they chose Help for Heroes because &quot;it's a charity close to people's hearts&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The charity has raised &pound;70 million since it was formed three years ago and has set the target of generating another &pound;42 million.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800102617-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800102617\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 players took part in the tournament, which was organised by Meggitt Dunlop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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